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The most valuable World Cup soccer players (Covers.com)
March 9, 2010For most American sports fans, soccer is a sport for toddlers too young to join Pop Warner football. But once every four years, we live and die with every corner, cross and nutmeg. The 2010 World Cup is only weeks away, so we thought we’d take a...
BRIEF-Soccer-Injury threatens Brown's World Cup chances (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports)
March 9, 2010Manchester United and England defender Wes Brown will know later on Monday whether a foot injury he sustained on Saturday at Wolverhampton Wanderers will dent his chances of playing in the World Cup finals.
Britain to donate 42m condoms to South Africa prior to Soccer WC (New Kerala)
March 9, 2010London, Mar 9 : Britain has decided to provide 42million condoms to South Africa before the Soccer World Cup as part of HIV prevention drive.
Soccer's guardians score own-goal on technology (AP via Yahoo! Sports)
March 9, 2010At FIFA headquarters, they should carve this motto above the door: Why annoy some people some of the time when you can infuriate just about everyone all of the time? In ruling out further experiments on the use of technology to determine whether a goal has been scored, the guardians of soccer have made a bad mistake.
‘Super Soccer Star' on ESPN STAR (The Hindu)
March 9, 2010NEW DELHI: ESPN STAR Sports will air ‘Super Soccer Star', India's first football reality show, during the course of the FIFA World Cup later this year.
Ubisoft Announces New Arcade Soccer Title (1up.com)
March 9, 2010With the World Cup just around the corner, now is apparently the time to cash in on the hype with a soccer video game. The latest publisher to join the party is Ubisoft, which recently announced their answer to EA's FIFA and Konami's Pro Evo series. Similar to last year's Madden Arcade, the newly announced Pure Football will attempt to carve out a niche as a more action-oriented arcade title ...
SXSW '10 | "Pelada" Director Ryan White Globe Trots in Soccer Doc (indieWIRE)
March 9, 2010Made with three other directors, Ryan White's "Pelada" was a truly collaborative project that took him to some of the most far-flung corners of the world. "Away from the bright lights and manicured fields, there's another side of soccer. From prisoners in Bolivia to moonshine brewers in Kenya, from freestylers in China to women who play in hijab in Iran, 'Pelada' is the story of the people who ...
Sukma clashes with World Cup (The Star)
March 9, 2010MALACCA: Officials responsible for the upcoming Sukma XIII in Malacca have been directed to buck-up their promotion campaigns following worries that it would be overshadowed by the World Cup soccer championship that coincides with the event in mid-June.
Uganda : FIFA course Closes as Beach Soccer is Launched (AllAfrica.com)
March 9, 2010Kampala — World soccer governing body FIFA has once again called on Ugandan football stakeholders to desist from infighting and concentrate on the development of the game.
UN getting reports World Cup is displacing homes (Sports Illustrated)
March 9, 2010GENEVA (AP) -- A U.N. human rights investigator said Monday that numerous people have complained to her of being forced from their homes or priced out of the housing market as a result of large events such as the World Cup.
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